Articles, tagged with "electronic medical record", page 3
04th April 2011
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act encourages the optimum use of technology in providing healthcare to the residents. A well maintained database of health records is the first step in integrating technology in the healthcare and health insuran...
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Author:
Shaun
23rd March 2011
Electronic Medical Record Software is a part of local stand alone health information that allows storage, retrieval and modification of patient's medical records.
The EMR contains a patient's medical history which is kept in an electronic format and is...
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Author:
Bhumika
15th March 2011
Pediatrics is a branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children and adolescents. Thus the needs of a pediatric practitioner are different and unique from the general physician. An EMR is the wave of the future as deemed by the Fed...
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Author:
Bhumika
10th March 2011
Before we go on to discuss the ample benefits that are offered by electronic medical records. Let us first understand the difference between Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Electronic Health records (EHR) in the true sense? Well both of the terms are ...
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Author:
leenaray
10th March 2011
Physicians at the point of their care would require a significant amount of storage space for medical records.When paper records are stored in different locations, collating them to a single location for review would be time consuming and complicated, whe...
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Author:
achillesnews
08th March 2011
The terms EHR (electronic health record) and EMR (electronic medical record) are often used interchangeably but the truth is that these two systems have different purposes. The EMR is the patient record created in hospitals and clinics and it contains the...
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Author:
Stephen Janssen
08th March 2011
An electronic medical record (EMR) is a digital legal medical record created and used in an institution which provides medical care. Electronic medical records have been a part of health information systems which allows the institution to store, recover a...
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Author:
Stephen Janssen
07th March 2011
A Patient Portal is an easy to use web-based communication tool, that can be safe to use if set up properly. The demand for patient portal is increasing day by day as the patients are getting more aware with the technology. People prefer to be self severe...
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Author:
Bhumika
03rd March 2011
Every doctor wants to give his/her best to the patients. This needs concentration and patience. But because of all the paperwork that has to be done for the records a lot of time and energy gets wasted affecting the work efficiency of medical professional...
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Author:
activemds
02nd March 2011
Urology is a surgical specialty where the physician focuses on the urinary tract of male and female, and reproductive organs of specifically male. EMR stands for electronic medical record and is a computerized version of the old paper records and filing s...
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Author:
Bhumika
22nd February 2011
Document scanning is the process by which medical or other records in paper form are converted and stored in an electronic format. The conversion process does not alter the accuracy or clarity of the original documents in any way. The converted document i...
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Author:
noam9powell
18th February 2011
While a series of blog entries recently cite the "Electronic Health Record Adoption and Quality Improvement in US Hospitals" http://www.ajmc.com/supplement/managed-care/2010/AJMC_10dec_HIT/AJMC_10decHIT_Jones_SP64to71 study published in the American Journ...
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Author:
Mark Merani
15th February 2011
The catchphrase around the healthcare industry is electronic health records. At present both hospitals and smaller clinics are either installing and using these systems or they already have. However, many are still wondering if it is worth it to switch ov...
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Author:
CHARD
15th February 2011
Medical record keeping has traditionally been a tedious and inefficient task, difficult to coordinate and prone to errors. As the medical industry continues to expand its horizons through technology, so too does the way in which medical professionals main...
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Author:
Bhumika
14th February 2011
EMR and EHR are two terms that are often used interchangeably within the electronic records industry. While electronic medical records and electronic health records are similar, they do have some differences that need to be understood. This article will d...
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Author:
Jamie Hanson